Content sharing among mobile terminals

ABSTRACT

A method for realizing content sharing among mobile terminals comprises: receiving an index of access content sent by a requesting mobile terminal; looking up a shareable content index table for the index of the access content; and sending identification information of a mobile terminal having the index of the access content to the requesting mobile terminal if the index of the access content is found, so that the requesting mobile terminal obtains the requested access content from the mobile terminal having the index of the access content via wireless communication.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present invention relates to mobile terminals, and morespecifically, to a method and an apparatus for content sharing amongmobile terminals.

BACKGROUND

Global mobile internet has entered into an explosively increasing stage.Till now the user number of China Mobile becomes more than half abillion. However, traditional telecommunication operators face adilemma: 3G wireless data traffic is sharply increased, while abandwidth bottleneck gradually emerges. Users also have increasingrequirements for mobile data content services comprising digitalmultimedia content services and content services of websites. In orderto make effort to satisfy such increasing requirements for mobile datacontent services from the users, networks and frequency spectrums ofmost operators run at full capacity.

FIG. 1 shows a schematic view of requesting to obtain content servicesby communication among mobile terminals and base stations in a cell inthe prior art. In order to acquire data content services, a mobile userneeds to communicate with a base station via an Air Interface. The “AirInterface” represents a wireless transmission specification between abase station and a mobile phone, and defines the use frequency andbandwidth of each wireless channel and the employed coding method. Afterreceiving a request from a mobile terminal, the base station obtainscontent to which the mobile user requests to access from a networkserver and a content server in an IP core network via a wired network,and sends it to the mobile terminal through the Air Interface.

With the increasing of the number of mobile users, the wireless spectrumresources of the Air Interfaces are increasingly limited so that thequality of data content services obtained by the mobile users isdegraded, and the user experience is deteriorated.

Thus, how to sufficiently increase the utilization of the spectrum inthe case of current spectrum resources is very important and valuablefor dealing with crisis of spectrum resources and enhancing theexperiences of mobile users.

SUMMARY

Based on the above problems, the present invention provides a method andan apparatus for realizing content sharing among mobile terminals.

According to a first aspect of the present invention, a method forrealizing content sharing among mobile terminals is provided, whichcomprises the steps of: receiving an index of access content sent by arequesting mobile terminal; looking up a shareable content index tablefor the index of the access content; and sending identificationinformation of a mobile terminal having the index of the access contentto the requesting mobile terminal if the index of the access content isfound, so that the requesting mobile terminal obtains the requestedaccess content from the mobile terminal having the index of the accesscontent via wireless communication.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, a method forrealizing content sharing among mobile terminals is provided, whichcomprises the steps of: intercepting an access content requesttransmitted via an application from a user; generating an index ofaccess content according to the intercepted access content request;looking up local content index table for the index of the accesscontent; and sending the index of the access content to a base stationif the index of the access content is not found.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, an apparatus forrealizing content sharing among mobile terminals is provided, whichcomprises: an index receiving module configured to receive an index ofaccess content transmitted from a mobile terminal that requests toaccess content; an index lookup module configured to look up a shareablecontent index table for the index of the access content; and anidentification information sending module configured to sendidentification information of a mobile terminal having the index of theaccess content to the requesting mobile terminal if the index of theaccess content is found, so that the requesting mobile terminal obtainsthe requested content from the mobile terminal having the index of theaccess content via wireless communication.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, an apparatus forrealizing content sharing among mobile terminals, which comprises: acontent request interception module configured to intercept an accesscontent request transmitted via an application from a user; an indexgeneration module configured to generate an index of access contentaccording to the intercepted access content request; an index lookupmodule configured to look up a local content index table for the indexof the access content; and an index sending module configured to sendthe index of the access content to a base station if the index of theaccess content is not found.

By using the coordinating ability of a base station, transmission anddistribution of data content are coordinated among mobile terminalsthrough personal local area networks, thereby saving the spectrumresources of Air Interface, and providing better user experiences tomobile users.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

Embodiments of the invention will now be described, by way of exampleonly, with reference to the accompanying drawings in which:

FIG. 1 shows a schematic view of requesting to obtain content servicesby communication among mobile terminals and base stations in a cell inthe prior art;

FIG. 2 shows a content sharing apparatus 200 introduced in a mobileterminal according to one embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 shows an apparatus 300 for realizing content sharing among mobileterminals introduced at the base station side according to oneembodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 shows a method for realizing content sharing among mobileterminals at the base station side according to an embodiment of thepresent invention;

FIG. 5 shows a method for realizing content sharing among mobileterminals at the mobile terminal side according to an embodiment of thepresent invention; and

FIG. 6 shows a flowchart of a method for realizing content sharing amongmobile terminals according to an embodiment of the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Hereinafter, a method and a system for realizing content sharing amongmobile terminals according to embodiments of the present invention aredescribed in conjunction with the attached drawings, so that the objectsand advantages of the present invention will be better understood.

The key idea of the present invention is as follows: in crowded placessuch as subway, office building, a large number of mobile phone usersacquire information through mobile phones anywhere anytime; when amobile user requests to enjoy a surfing service or a content service ofdigital multimedia through a mobile terminal, the base station does notneed to acquire digital content from the back-end by the Air Interface,instead, the base station queries, in a shareable content index tablemaintained by the base station, whether other mobile terminal that canprovide the content service in a manner of wireless communicationexists; if such a mobile terminal exists, identification information ofthe mobile terminal satisfying the requirement is sent to the mobileuser, and the mobile user further acquires the requested content fromthe other mobile terminal via wireless communication, thereby savingfrequency resources of Air Interface.

FIG. 2 shows a content sharing apparatus 200 introduced in a mobileterminal according to one embodiment of the present invention, whichcomprises a content request interception module 201 configured tointercept an access content request transmitted via an application froma user, an index generation module 202 configured to generate an indexof the access content according to the received access content request,an index lookup module 203 configured to look up the local content indextable for the index of the access content, and an index sending module204 configured to send the index of the access content to a base stationif the index of the access content is not found.

The content sharing apparatus according to the embodiment of the presentinvention can interface with various applications such as browser,multimedia player or the like. A user inputs a content request throughan application of a mobile terminal According to one embodiment of thepresent invention, the user requests to access a webpage by inputting aUnified Resource Locator (URL) through a browser. The content requestinterception module 201 intercepts the URL transmitted through theapplication by the user, and the content index generation module 202generates an index uniquely identifying the URL according to thereceived URL. According to one embodiment of the present invention, theindex uniquely identifying the URL can be generated by using a Hashfunction. The index lookup module 203 looks up the local content indextable for the index of the URL. Each of the mobile terminals thatparticipating in the content sharing service maintains a content indextable locally, for recording the indexes generated according to thelocal cached contents. If the index of the URL is found in the localcontent index table, the content in the local cache, which is identifiedby the index, is directly accessed. If the index of the URL is not foundin the local content index table, the index sending module 204 sends theindex to a base station through Air Interface. The index can betransmitted by GPRS protocol for GSM, or by CDMA for 3G.

Further, the content sharing apparatus 200 according to the embodimentof the present invention further includes an identification informationreceiving module 205 configured to receive identification information ofa mobile terminal having the index of the access content from a basestation, and a content acquiring module 206 configured to obtain therequested content from the mobile terminal having the index of theaccess content via wireless communication using the identificationinformation.

The identification information receiving module 205 receives theidentification information of the mobile terminal having the index froma base station, and the content acquiring module 206 is configured toobtain the requested content from the mobile terminal having the indexof the access content via wireless communication, such as accessing anearby mobile terminal via bluetooth, by using the identificationinformation. The content sharing apparatus of mobile terminal accordingto the embodiment of the present invention can be implemented in themobile terminal in the form of a plug-in, or can be integrated into themobile terminal as an independent software module. The content sharingapparatus is transparent not only with respect to the applications in anupper layer, but also with respect to the transmission layer and thephysical layer in a lower layer, without the need to change the existinghardware configuration and transmission protocols. The content acquiringmodule 206 is further configured to add the index of the access contentto the local content index table.

The content sharing apparatus 200 of the embodiment of the presentinvention further includes a wireless status reporting module configuredto periodically report a wireless apparatus status, including at leastpower consumption status and load status, of the mobile terminal to abase station.

Corresponding to the content sharing apparatus of the mobile terminal,FIG. 3 shows an apparatus 300 for realizing content sharing among mobileterminals introduced at the base station side according to oneembodiment of the present invention, which includes an index receivingmodule 301 configured to receive the index of access content transmittedfrom a requesting mobile terminal, an index lookup module 302 configuredto look up a shareable content index table for the index of the accesscontent, and an identification information sending module 303 configuredto send identification information of the mobile terminal having theindex of the access content to the requesting mobile terminal if theindex of the access content is found, so that the requesting mobileterminal obtains the requested access content from the mobile terminalhaving the index of the access content via wireless communication. Theapparatus for content sharing among mobile terminals at a base side canbe implemented in the form of a plug-in, or be integrated into the basestation as an independent software module.

If a mobile terminal in a cell requests to access content such aswebpage, multimedia or the like through a browser, a multimedia playeror the like, the mobile terminal generates an index of access contentaccording to the content access request transmitted via an applicationby the user, and transmits the index of access content to a base stationvia Air Interface, which is received by the index receiving module 301of the apparatus for realizing content sharing among mobile terminals atthe base station side.

According to one embodiment of the present invention, the indexreceiving module 301 is further configured to periodically receiveindexes of local cache content reported from mobile terminals in thecell, and to combine the received indexes of local cache content togenerate a shareable content index table. The base station isresponsible for maintaining the shareable content index table, includingtimely adding or deleting indexes of local cache contents of mobileterminals recorded in the shareable content index table, according tothe indexes of local cache content lastly reported from the mobileterminals.

The index lookup module 302 is used to look up the shareable contentindex table for the index of access content. If the index of the accesscontent is not found, the base station acquires content from theexisting communication links, that is, to link to a mobile switch or adata switching device such as SGGN, PDSN or the like via a wire orwireless manner so as to enter into the back-bone network of theoperator, and then link to Internet through a gateway of the operator.If the index of the access content is found, identification informationof nearby mobile terminals having the index of the access content issent to the mobile terminal.

According to one embodiment of the present invention, a wireless devicestatus receiving module 304 is further included, which is configured toreceive wireless device status, including whether Bluetooth or infrareddata transmission is supported, power consumption and load, reportedfrom mobile terminals in the cell. The identification informationsending module 303 is further configured to query the wireless devicestatus of the mobile terminal having the index of the access content ifthe index of the access content is found, and to send identificationinformation of the mobile terminal whose wireless device statussatisfies requirements of wireless communication, to the requestingmobile terminal. According to one embodiment of the present invention,the wireless device status receiving module 304 is further configured toperiodically receive power consumption status reported from mobileterminals in the cell, wherein the power consumption status can includetotal electricity amount, remaining electricity amount of the powersource and transmitting power. The identification information sendingmodule 303 is further configured to decide whether the power consumptionstatus of the mobile terminals having the index of the access contentsatisfies power consumption requirement for wirelessly communicatingwith the requesting mobile terminal if the index of the access contentis found, and if the power consumption status of the mobile terminalhaving the index of the access content does not satisfy the powerconsumption requirement for wirelessly communicating with the requestingmobile terminal, the access content requested by the requesting mobileterminal is still acquired through existing communication links. If thepower consumption status of the mobile terminal having the index of theaccess content can satisfy the power consumption requirement forwirelessly communicating with the requesting mobile terminal, theidentification information of the mobile terminal having the index ofthe access content is sent to the requesting mobile terminal.

According to one embodiment of the present invention, the wirelessdevice status receiving module 304 is further configured to periodicallyreceive load status, including status in which content sharing servicesare currently provided to other mobile terminals, reported from mobileterminals in the cell. The identification information sending module 303is further configured to query load status of the mobile terminalshaving the index of the access content in a current time period if theindex of the access content is found, determine the mobile terminalhaving the index of the access content and having a relatively lowerload in the current time period, and send the identification informationof the mobile terminal having the index of the access content and havinga relatively lower load to the requesting mobile terminal.

According to one embodiment of the present invention, a communicationdistance evaluation module 305 is further included, which is configuredto evaluate whether a distance between the mobile terminal having theindex of the access content and the requesting mobile terminal satisfiesthe distance requirement for wireless communication, if the index of theaccess content is found. According to one embodiment of the presentinvention, position information such as longitude and latitudecoordinates of the mobile terminal having the index of the accesscontent and the requesting mobile terminal are to be acquired at first,and then the distance between the mobile terminal having the index ofthe access content and the requesting mobile terminal is calculated byusing the acquired position information, to further evaluate whether thedistance between the mobile terminal having the index of the accesscontent and the requesting mobile terminal satisfies the distancerequirement for wireless communication. For example, the communicationdistance via Bluetooth needs to be within 10 m, and the communicationdistance via infrared ray needs to be 0-1 m. If the distance between themobile terminal having the index of the access content and therequesting mobile terminal does not satisfy the distance requirement forwireless communication, the base station still obtains access contentrequested by the requesting mobile terminal via the existingcommunication links. If the distance between the mobile terminal havingthe index of the access content and the requesting mobile terminalsatisfies the distance requirement for wireless communication, theidentification information sending module 303 send the identificationinformation of the mobile terminal having the index of the accesscontent and satisfying the distance requirement, to the requestingmobile terminal. The mobile terminal requesting to access contentfurther obtains the requested access content from the mobile terminalhaving the index of the access content by wireless communication meanssuch as Bluetooth.

Based on the same inventive concept, the present invention proposes amethod for realizing content sharing among mobile terminals at the basestation side. FIG. 4 shows a method for realizing content sharing amongmobile terminals at the base station side according to an embodiment ofthe present invention, the method includes: at step S401, receiving anindex of access content sent from a requesting mobile terminal; at stepS402, looking up the shareable content index table for the index of theaccess content; and at step S403, sending identification information ofthe mobile terminal having the index of the access content to therequesting mobile terminal if the index of the access content is found,so that the requesting mobile terminal obtains the requested accesscontent from the mobile terminal having the index of the access contentvia wireless communication.

The method according to the embodiment of the present invention furtherincludes periodically receiving indexes of local cache content reportedfrom mobile terminals in a cell, and combining the received indexes oflocal cache content to generate a shareable content index table.

According to one embodiment of the present invention, the method furtherincludes receiving wireless device status reported from mobile terminalsin the cell. The step of sending identification information of themobile terminal having the index of the access content to the requestingmobile terminal if the index of the access content is found furtherincludes: querying wireless device status of the mobile terminals havingthe index of the access content if the index of the access content isfound; and sending the identification information of the mobile terminalwhose wireless device status satisfies requirement for wirelesscommunication, to the requesting mobile terminal.

According to one embodiment of the present invention, the step ofreceiving wireless device status reported from mobile terminals in thecell further includes: periodically receiving power consumption statusreported from mobile terminals in the cell. The step of sendingidentification information of the mobile terminal having the index ofthe access content to the requesting mobile terminal if the index of theaccess content is found further includes: evaluating whether powerconsumption status of the mobile terminal having the index of the accesscontent satisfies power consumption requirement for wirelesslycommunicating with the requesting mobile terminal if the index of theaccess content is found; and sending identification information of themobile terminal having the index of the access content and satisfyingthe power consumption requirement, to the requesting mobile terminal.

According to one embodiment of the present invention, the step ofreceiving wireless device status reported from mobile terminals in thecell further includes: periodically receiving load status reported frommobile terminals in the cell. The step of sending identificationinformation of the mobile terminal having the index of the accesscontent to the requesting mobile terminal if the index of the accesscontent is found further includes: querying load status of the mobileterminals having the index of the access content in a current timeperiod if the index of the access content is found; determining themobile terminal having the index of the access content and having arelatively lower load in the current time period; and sendingidentification information of the mobile terminal having the index ofthe access content and having a relatively lower load to the requestingmobile terminal.

According to one embodiment of the present invention, if the index ofthe access content is found, it is evaluated whether the distancebetween the mobile terminal having the index of the access content andthe requesting mobile terminal satisfies the distance requirement forwireless communication; and identification information of the mobileterminal having the index of the access content and satisfying thedistance requirement is sent to the requesting mobile terminal.

Corresponding to the above method for realizing content sharing amongmobile terminals at the base station side, FIG. 5 shows a method forrealizing content sharing among mobile terminals at the mobile terminalside according to an embodiment of the present invention, the methodincludes the steps of: intercepting an access content requesttransmitted via an application from a user at step S501; generating anindex of access content according to the intercepted access contentrequest at step S502; looking up local content index table for the indexof the access content at step S503; and sending the index of the accesscontent to a base station if the index of the access content is notfound, at step S504.

According to the above description on the base station side, if lookingup the shareable content index tables maintained at the base stationside for the index of the access content, the method at the mobileterminal further includes: receiving identification information of themobile terminal having the index of the access content from the basestation at step S505; and obtaining the requested content from themobile terminal having the index of the access content via wirelesscommunication by using the identification information at step S506.

In the method according to the embodiment of the present invention, thestep of obtaining the requested content from the mobile terminal havingthe index of the access content via wireless communication by using theidentification information further includes: adding the index of theaccess content to the local content index table.

The method according to the embodiment of the present invention furtherincludes: periodically reporting wireless device status of mobileterminal to the base station, wherein the wireless device statusincludes at least one of power consumption status and load status.

FIG. 6 shows a flowchart of a method for realizing content sharing amongmobile terminals according to one embodiment of the present invention.At step S601, a content request interception module interfaced with anapplication is provided in the mobile terminal, to intercept an accesscontent request transmitted through the application from a user. At stepS602, an index of access content is generated according to theintercepted access content request. At step S603, it is determinedwhether the index of the access content is found in local content indextable of the mobile terminal. If the judging result is “Yes”, the mobileterminal accesses the requested content from local cache at step S604,and the process ends; and if the judging result is “No”, the mobileterminal sends the index of the access content to a base station at stepS605. It is determined whether the index of the access content is foundin the shareable content index table at the base station side at stepS606, and if the judging result is “No”, the base station acquires theaccess content from the back-end via wired communication, and sends itto the mobile terminal that requests the access content, via AirInterface, at step S609, and the process ends. If the judging result is“Yes”, the mobile terminal acquires the requested access content from anearby mobile terminal having the index of the access content providedby the base station via short distance wireless communication at stepS607. It is determined whether the content access succeeds at step S608,and if the judging result is “No”, the base station acquires the accesscontent from the back-end via wired communication, and sends it to themobile terminal via Air Interface at step S609, and the process ends. Ifthe judging result is “Yes”, the index of the access content is addedinto the local content index table at step S610, and the process ends.

As for a telecommunication operator, many ways can be adopted toencourage mobile users to participate in a content sharing service, forexample, the times for a mobile terminal to provide content sharing isaccumulated as points, and the communication fee can be reduced todifferent extents according to the accumulated times.

It should be understood that at least some aspects of the presentinvention can be alternatively realized in program product. Programsdefining the functions regarding the present invention can betransmitted to a data storage system or a computer system via varioussignal carrying medium including, but not limited to, unwritable storagemedium (such as CD-ROM), writable storage medium (such as soft disk,hard disk driver, read/write CD ROM, optical medium), and communicationmedium such as computer including Ethernet and telephone network. Thus,it should be understood that such signal carrying medium can representalternate embodiments of the present invention whey they carry or areencoded with computer readable instructions of managing method functionsin the present invention. The present invention can be realized inhardware, software, firmware or a combination thereof. The presentinvention can be realized in a computer system in a concentrated way orin a distributed way in which different parts are distributed in severalinterconnected computer systems. Any computer system or other apparatussuitable for performing the methods described in the specification.Preferably, the present invention is realized in a manner of acombination of computer software and general computer hardware. In sucha realizing manner, when the computer program is loaded and carried out,the computer system is controlled to perform the methods of the presentinvention or to constitute the system of the present invention.

The description of preferred embodiments of the present invention isgiven as above for purposes of illustration. The above explanations ofpreferred embodiments are not exhaustive, and are not intended to belimited to the present invention in the specific form disclosed, andobviously, many modifications and variations are possible in view of theabove teaching. Such modifications and variations which are apparent tothose of ordinary skill in the art are included in the scope of thepresent invention defined by the appended claims.

The invention claimed is:
 1. A method for realizing content sharing among mobile terminals, comprising the steps of: receiving an index of access content sent by a requesting mobile terminal; looking up a shareable content index table for the index of the access content; and for each mobile terminals having the index of the access content found, receiving a wireless device status of the mobile terminals in the cell having the index of the access content, said receiving including receiving a power consumption status reported from the mobile terminals in the cell; judging whether said power consumption status of the mobile terminals having the index of the access content satisfies a power consumption requirement for wirelessly communicating with the requesting mobile terminal if the index of the access content is found; and sending identification information of a mobile terminal having the index of the access content to the requesting mobile terminal if the index of the access content is found and if the wireless device power consumption status of the mobile terminals having the index satisfies the power consumption requirement for wireless communication of the requested access content to the requesting mobile terminal, so that the requesting mobile terminal obtains the requested access content from the mobile terminals having the index of the access content via wireless communication.
 2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising: periodically receiving indexes of local cache content reported from the mobile terminals in a cell; and combining the received indexes of local cache content to generate the shareable content index table.
 3. The method according to claim 1, further comprising: determining the wireless device status of the mobile terminals by querying the wireless device status of the mobile terminals having the index of the access content if the index of the access content is found.
 4. The method according to claim 3, wherein said determining the wireless device status of the mobile terminals comprises: judging whether the distance between the mobile terminal having the index of the access content and the mobile terminal requesting to access content satisfies the distance requirement for wireless communication if the index of the access content is found; and sending identification information of the mobile terminal having the index of the access content and satisfying the distance requirement to the requesting mobile terminal.
 5. The method according to claim 3, further comprising: periodically receiving said power consumption status reported from mobile terminals in the cell.
 6. The method according to claim 3, wherein receiving wireless device status reported from the mobile terminals in the cell further comprising: periodically receiving load status reported from mobile terminals in the cell.
 7. The method according to claim 6, further comprising: determining the wireless device status of the mobile terminals by querying the mobile terminal to obtain a load status of the mobile terminal having the index of the access content in a current time period if the index of the access content is found; determining the mobile terminal having the index of the access content and having a relatively lower load in the current time period; and sending identification information of the mobile terminal having the index of the access content and having a relatively lower load to the requesting mobile terminal.
 8. A method for realizing content sharing among mobile terminals, comprising the steps of: intercepting an access content request transmitted via an application running on a mobile terminal from a user; generating, at the mobile terminal, an index of access content according to the intercepted access content request; looking up a local content index table provided in said mobile terminal for the index of the access content; sending the index of the access content to a base station if the index of the access content is not found in the local content index table; and receiving at said base station, a wireless device status of the mobile terminals having the index of the access content, said status comprising a power consumption status reported from the mobile terminals in the cell, and judge whether said power consumption status of the mobile terminals having the index of the access content satisfies a power consumption requirement for wirelessly communicating with the requesting mobile terminal if the index of the access content is found.
 9. The method according to claim 8, further comprising: receiving identification information of the mobile terminal having the index of the access content from the base station; and obtaining the requested content from the mobile terminal having the index of the access content via wireless communication by using the identification information.
 10. The method according to claim 9, wherein obtaining the requested content from the mobile terminal having the index of the access content via the wireless communication by using the identification information further comprising: adding the index of the access content to the local content index table.
 11. An apparatus for realizing content sharing among mobile terminals, comprising: a memory storage device: a hardware processor in communication with said memory storage device, said hardware processor configured to perform a method to: receive an index of access content transmitted from a mobile terminal that requests to access content; look up a shareable content index table for the index of the access content; receive status information of each mobile terminals having the index of the access content found, and to determine a wireless device status of the mobile terminals having the index of the access content, said status information comprising a power consumption status reported from the mobile terminals in the cell; judge whether the power consumption status of the mobile terminals having the index of the access content satisfies the power consumption requirement for wirelessly communicating with the requesting mobile terminal if the index of the access content is found; and send identification information of a mobile terminal having the index of the access content to the requesting mobile terminal if the index of the access content is found and if the wireless device status of the mobile terminals having the index satisfies the power consumption requirement for wireless communication of the requested access content to the requesting mobile terminal, so that the requesting mobile terminal obtains the requested content from the mobile terminals having the index of the access content via wireless communication.
 12. The apparatus according to claim 11, wherein said hardware processor is further configured to: query the mobile terminals for the wireless device status information having the index of the access content if the index of the access content is found, and send identification information of a mobile terminal whose wireless device status satisfies a requirement for wireless communication to the requesting mobile terminal.
 13. The apparatus according to claim 11, wherein to determine the wireless device status of the mobile terminals having the index of the access content, said hardware processor is further configured to: judge whether the distance between the mobile terminal having the index of the access content and the mobile terminal requesting to access content satisfies the distance requirement for wireless communication if the index of the access content is found, wherein said hardware processor is configured to send the identification information of the mobile terminal having the index of the access content and satisfying the distance requirement to the requesting mobile terminal.
 14. The apparatus according to claim 11, wherein to determine a wireless device status of the mobile terminals having the index of the access content, said hardware processor is further configured to: receive a load status reported from mobile terminals in the cell; and determine a mobile terminal having the index of the access content and having a relatively lower load in a current time period, wherein said hardware processor is configured to send the identification information of the mobile terminal having the index of the access content and having a relatively lower load to the requesting mobile terminal.
 15. An apparatus for realizing content sharing among mobile terminals, comprising: a memory storage device; a hardware processor in communication with said memory storage device, said hardware processor configured to perform a method to: intercept an access content request transmitted via an application running on a mobile terminal from a user; generate, at the mobile terminal, an index of access content according to the intercepted access content request; look up a local content index table provided in said mobile terminal for the index of the access content; send the index of the access content to a base station if the index of the access content is not found in the local content index table, and report wireless device status of the mobile terminals to the base station, said status comprising a power consumption status reported from the mobile terminals in the cell, and judge whether said power consumption status of the mobile terminals having the index of the access content satisfies a power consumption requirement for wirelessly communicating with the requesting mobile terminal if the index of the access content is found.
 16. The apparatus according to claim 15, wherein said hardware processor is further configured to: receive identification information of the mobile terminal having the index of the access content from the base station; and obtain the requested content from the mobile terminal having the index of the access content via wireless communication by using the identification information. 